The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-05-21

; But still She wasted III her youth
: And showed to all the fatal truth.
| When spring was fairest her spirit rose
Above her frame and all its woes.
They built for her this Pargoud's Mound
And made it ever sacred ground.
| They danced around poor dead Wichita,
And sang again, in the self.same metre
The marriage song, in tones as free,
&Ninahani! Ninahani!
| s"Ninahani' was tho chorus Of an Indian
peace-song. It means call is we'll" See
| Father Marquette's Account.
NOTE.-Extract from ssA Narrative
of the Expedition. of fernando De
Soto, by a gentleman OF Etvas:
"Two leagues from the town, CONS
ing into the plain field, he espted ten
or eleven Indians, among whom was
q Christian, which was naked and
scortched with the sun, aud had his
arms ragged after the manner OF the In.
dians, and differed nothing at all from
them. And as soon as the horsemen
| saw them they ran toward them. The
Indians fed and some Of them hid
| themselves in the wood, and they
| overlook two or three of them which
| we're wounded; and the Christian see-
| ing horseman run upon him with q
lance, began to cry out, "Sirs, am
Christian, slay me not nor these In
dians, for they have saved my iife."
And siraightway no called them and
put them out of fear and they came
forth of the wood unto them. The
horsemen took the Christian aud luz
dians up behind them and toward
night came into the camp with great
great joy; which thing being known
TO the Governor and them that re-
manned in the camp, they were re-
ceived with the like.
This Christians name was John Or
tig and he was born in Seville of wor-
shipful parentage. He was twelve
years in the hands of the Indians. ue
came into the country with Pamphils
de Narvaez, and returned in the ships
of Governor Narvaez was, and by his
commandment with twenty or thirty
others in brigantine returned back
to Florida, aud coming to the port In
sight Of town, on the shore they saw
cane sticking in the ground and riven
ut the top and letter In it; and they
believed the Governor had left 1t there
to give advertisement of himself when
he resolved to 60 up into the land,
and they demanded it of the four or
five Indians who walked along the
sea-shore, and they babe them by signs
| TO como on shore for it, which against
the will of the rest, John Ortig and
another did. And as soon as they were
on land from the houses of the town
issued great number of Indians which
comprised them about and took them
in place where they could not flee ;
and the other which sought to defend
himself they presently killed upon the
place, and took John Ortig alive, and
carried him to Utica their IUrd. And
those of the brigantine sought not to
land, but put themselves to sea and re-
turned to the Island OF Cuba. Ucita
commanded to bind John Ortis hand
and foot upon four stakes aioft upon
raft, and TO make fire under him that
there he might be burned. But a
daughter of his desired him that he
would not put him to death, alleging
that one only Christian could do HIM
neither hurt nor good, telling him it
was more for his honor to keep him as
a captive. Aud Ucita granted her re-
quest and commanded him to be cured
of his Wounds " y